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"I can't drive fifty-five" Sammy Hagar

Frank, Stefanie is pretty darn good. Wow. thanks

I ordered Stefanie's debut album Masterplan - I'm sold.

Frank,

I'll get Liquid Soul. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have found something unusual - Rebelution "Courage to Grow" - you can download them from iTunes. It is Reggae with a funky groove and modern rock sound. They call it Californian reggae - it has great sound - worth a try.

I'll let you know about Stefanie. It is hard to tell on Youtube but she sure has the funk. Lenny Williams would be proud.

Here is youtube of Rebelution

Stefanie Heinzmann Masterplan

Engineers; Marek Pompetzki, Paul NZA

This debut is an eclectic mix/mastering wise - variing from pathetic hyper compressed crap for pop and radio with way to much bass (Only so much oil in the ground) to some passibly good sound such as My man is a Mean Man and Like a Bullet and Don't Call this love and I don't love you now. A typical modern "hot" CD.

=> it looks like they were searching for a sound and experimented but it is mostly amateurish, IMHO

Good sound for "europop" - based on what I saw of Stefanie on youtube live - she was coached to really hold back on these recordings and make herself smooth - think "Swing Out Sister" but not quite that smooth...

What a shame - the fact she is a talent still shines through despite the engineers and session recordings being pretty lame...overall enjoyable and a good recording for your car...

Frank,

I agree - she could give Fergie a run for her money....and I think they had this in mind the way they mixed it. I'd like to hear her do more funky stuff.